USN · DE
AfloatCannon-class destroyer escort, DE-167. Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, at Port Newark, New Jersey, laid her down on 30 November 1942 and launched her on 9 May 1943. Commissioned on 19 July 1943. Lieutenant Commander William H. Siegmund was her first commanding officer. Pacific service took her around Espiritu Santo, the Marianas, Tinian, and Saipan.
| Class | Cannon class |
|---|---|
| Type | Destroyer escort (DE) |
| Hull | DE-167 |
| Builder | Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Port Newark, New Jersey |
| Launched | 1943-05-09 |
| Commissioned | 1943-07-19 |
| Fate | Afloat. Her commissioned service ended on 1 April 1946. She went to the breakers later. |
| Armament (class) | Diesel-electric destroyer escort. Three 3-inch guns, one funnel, and one torpedo mount. |
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Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.
The armament line is the class drawing, not a measurement of this hull.
U.S. Navy. USS Acree (DE-167) underway at sea in 1945.jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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